it's the highlights of the russian bull season imo you've been invited the most first look to attend an event which they've promised me is going to be the height of sophistication and delegates and it's the eighteen twelfth anniversary both. for over a thousand years the russians have known that a good party needs don't sink down the centuries rich and poor alike have learned best steps put on their costumes and set off to find love patronage or simply a good time. in this suitably graham building almost two hundred people have

gathered to perform the classics from the polonaise to the polka all in front of a live orchestra. you can't help but notice the effort that's gone into their appearance and although i wasn't the only one in my dress i did feel a little out of place. though i don't feel much in the way of the sensory plating but i do know one lady in there that they have to get the right heel for a period of review by arena. so we go lots of beautiful costumes here. of course this ball here was first dedicated to the war of eighteen twelve it wasn't so much about russia as the jury but it was the first such event was held after the war a certain degree of courage was required to hold the ball at that time this stance is where it all began.

and with several events every year they're becoming very popular even if you're not experienced you are encouraged to join in and there are plenty of helpful partners waiting to show you the ropes. movement in music have always stirred the russian soul but now in the twenty first century more and more people seem to be learning these traditional courtly dances that hop back to a bygone age i wanted to find out what makes them so appealing to a modern north koreans and how long it might take to get an absolute beginner to the. business school in moscow which claims it can teach anybody how to dance so i am

going to put the theory to the test and apparently there are always sorts of men so hopefully this should be a place for. the rich or good evening everyone today will learn the viennese waltz which you can dance at the ball roll. it was time to start learning the basics twiddling round by myself everything seemed pretty easy but a solo waltz wasn't exactly going to cut it take the ladies right hand good. the gentleman's right hand sits in the lady's left shoulder blade a little closer. to the time. we are. to stare at my feet and count out loud we made a few circuits of the room with only minimal damage to obvious toast. the idea is

to get good enough to actually not look like a total idiot to the board. just like birth the u.k. yeah find. a story that's not his have you give a traffic jam. or instructed demon has been teaching for the best part of twenty years and says he's never seen dancing more popular. culture was not the most because of it is important because whenever you go to any public place like a restaurant there's always room for dancing beats the so you get a feeling of confidence when you know that you can invite a lady to the dance floor. raise your hand. and then was popular i think that the first true taste for dancing only comes after three months of practice. but. i didn't have quite bad blome if i was going to make it to another daunts i was going to need some serious help.

and that only single women were allowed to have uncovered head but it was pushed they had highly decorated hairstyles to married women whether at the ball or at home were required to wear hats that's why they dance in the stress of balls but it would be worn only at a local summer gatherings so summer school if we look at the male costume we see

the dress code with colorful and return to the fashion scene in color courses most of us. this is the costume for the middle of the nineteenth century. that's the sort of thing i've been looking for. by this time they are wearing black coats and black trousers in comparison with very elaborate gowns for the ladies men look like exclamation points bringing attention to female beauty. and want to remind you that you could make a costume like that for me the core question of course brilliant. excuse me for a moment well if. that's how the first is true it.

accordions both on the one hand the ballroom is the most democratic place the most on the ball you can invite anyone you like your blue dog so just but if you want to invite a lady who is standing next to a gentleman you would have to you should ask his permission first ball yet the ballroom is also a very patriarchal place in the past in russia work for big but there is one exception if someone stood on your partner's dress up like that you were obliged to challenge him to a duel. only in that instance did the emperor permit it just do it. cooperation women were able to communicate with fans with menu what was being directed at them was mostly the final with my right arm to the heart but i wouldn't

call it means i love you. other movements had other meanings this one means i have no interest in when a lady does this it means she likes you. when the lady flaps her family like this that's your signal to invite her to. stand facing one another the gentleman takes a step to the right. gentleman embrace your partner. of off the. bus. the skipper step smadi excellent. rock

you have wonderful shoes doesn't mean is the best name put me off that. bus even boast or. ok just try it in front yet the front and back and plastering yeah in the front yep that little in a couple. it wasn't perfect but it was as good as it was going to get and the next day i headed to a room is to pick up my cost you. know what nothing near here we have the dress from the middle of the nineteenth century . that you know this hoop skirt is made of silk taffeta there's about nine leaders here at that time flowers were very fashionable just because now i'll show you my pride and joy this is the it's a carnival gown from the sixteenth century. from the old city it's all sewn by hand

. all silk and silk and bordered fabric such a beauty. the bowler that set the ball all of this beauty was exempted by the seriousness rigor and restraint in male attire which are going to get the best of a kind of out that we've got for you know you. so this is going to make me hopefully a fresh little gent of the scene fifty's now just to see if everything fits and it seems the trend of the day was for very small clothing. for those most of the best needs to be tight even in paintings you'll see that the male figure i mean it's the females is old and weighs. the small children to be because the ladies for most that we can't put the cake stand off the next week. like that. so we go and finally feel

better james the dandy schol go to the ball. shows. the women of the time spent about six hours in hair brushing for the head dress i had to have a high level of professionalism in order to make such a hairstyle unless they used a shine to greek statues as models for the pyre style uses lots of walks and curls concentrating these hairpiece holds these hair up in fashion we have spirals at the temples we use crowd it's a very romantic style and very playful. especially in dance when a girl dances and flips her curls it's amazing. and. it's

super wonderful thank you but you know you're ready for the ball from the ball that . we were dancing in the more of your apostle museum a building that's over two hundred years old and that's recently undergone a long restoration by descendants of its former owners and amazing me everything seemed to go off without a hitch. and . it would take a little break but hey now that we finally got the waltz out of the way without too

many cups is that what's made you stick with it what you think you've got out here was that feeling down your meeting new people you're done in these at the. dear music everything together all together is like a gun today you get used to it and you get addicted to it i would like to get the big ticket. the house used to play host to the aristocracy of me intelligentsia it set me truth i'm in such all centered surroundings and among beautifully dressed people it's easy to lose yourself. and it's possible i may have got slightly carried away. sun. i do my own satisfaction. i begin.

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a winding road from car simulators to cutting edge training systems for others it's been a lifetime of work along the mysteries of the cell. phone technology we've got the future. collar had been satisfied and as i rode back towards the twenty first century it was finally time to read a message i've been passed at the darts. james i'd like to invite you to join me at the first russian viennese ball in montrose switzerland it should be a memorable event if you like to attend please join me at the imperial tailoring

company in moscow next monday at noon you'll need to pick out something elegant hope to see you there victor. there was no way i could pass up a chance like this viennese ball is renowned as the best event of the season and i knew that victor was one of the men in charge. now it might be a traditional. the eight hundred fifty look is going to cut in switzerland so i'm here to meet up with victor and hopefully pick up something a little bit more. picture hi james stuff this is yeah well now we need to choose a huge for you i've already chosen the one for me this one please ok. picture certainly had good taste it brought me to moscow's imperial tailoring

company when they make some of the best clothes in the business. growing. really well well james you generally look really very good i think it fits you perfectly but maybe some small items for example your trousers are longer right thing and maybe a bad fake some more buttons all of this was just yeah yeah but in general it's perfect and of course there is always a place or something we can always do best ok right so of course i work ok. q. this is yours theo you look really perfect thank you very much well i don't think that daniel craig has anything to worry about but you can't help but feel a bit special it's something like this so switzerland because we're coming to get you. a few days in around two and

a half thousand kilometers later i'd arrived in the small swiss municipality of montrose and it certainly didn't disappoint. when you use the room yesterday evening welcome to the film from on top of us so your room is ready this is your room with nicky thank you well this is a bit special isn't it a five star hotel for a five star event. the viennese ball has taken place in moscow under around europe since two thousand and three. this market and i caught up with him to see why he decided to hold this one in montreal. first of all we never did a ball in the lab because. we decided to do it and when we were choosing the place we consulted with some. partners from sweden switzerland

so they said that. look at montreal this is beautiful small town on the lake so they came here spatially to check the place i was impressed so we decided to make both here. more than twenty thousand people have attended alexandr stances and each one is planned down to the last detail how much preparation goes into. that you know it seems. that it is very easy but it is not so definitely. to make a real ball you have several levels but. you have to bring distress to august first at least one thing for nick one just seen the others you care to hear about catering to dance floor in order people have the possibility to dance because of this is. michael already tell it was going to be

a member of the kazan and according to conduct alfred a very multicultural want to. do this evening is really very special because we have different problems to solve and we have singers from russia and we have a ballet from russia and it will fester from it tell italy and i'm from austria so it's an international event terms of well we'll let you go back because obviously you need a thank you very much take it away maestro thank you very much. as the orchestra continued that practice i headed back to my room with just an hour to go i had to get ready but there's always time to enjoy if you like this.

i think i can say without a shadow of a doubt but i could get used to this. the guests were beginning to arrive but i couldn't resist one last trip to the hotel's engine room. well my nose has led me to probably the most important place in the hotel this evening the kitchen whether carrying all of these things for the ball so i can be a little bit careful because i don't want to get ten angry sets around me that could be dangerous. they're making four courses to

feed four hundred guests so there's not much time to hike around didn't mind their work then with lobster and white growled the menu so to say i was looking forward to dinner. thinking my mouth water. time getting close. while more and more guests began the night with a glass of champagne i went to meet victor and it turned out he had a rather unexpected surprise in store. like. this is. this is my own thanks because as we're having one big problem we're liking the debutante at the moment i would like to feel and maybe there are never enough men out there always so many beautiful women and never enough men my pleasure if you would if you will have a. great. buy i had planned to hang back and take part in

some of the big group don'ts is this time and i was suddenly very nervous if this was the same years debutante ball it was more important than ever that i didn't mess up. still at least i didn't have long to think about it. with dozens of couples performing the figure waltz we did have a few problems with traffic but with a few well timed wolds we made it to b.n. and then we could really enjoy ourselves. you're loving life you know it might seem like you had

a really busy it's like night. made so maybe you. think. i think i. was a karaoke cage because. i. was but it certainly leaves you out of breath and it gave me a chance to chat with samia about why she had decided to become a debutante a sunny difference younger people who seem to be taking to this what is it that appeals to this as opposed to you know the traditional kind of going on a friday night is that human culture and the. sauce. and it comes on this much from the start which started to light east also very interesting here because of all of last night you know these unforgettable bodies

is on something. as the evening wore on the orchestra was replaced by a jazz band and the music became a little less classical but unsurprisingly no one seemed keen to go home. i think the most revealing thing that i can say is that i don't want this whole experience to end and maybe that's why people love dogs so that is just pure magical escapism a long way that i can see. you. i didn't expect my journey into bowl culture to bring me this far but it has been a fantastic adventure i'm to my surprise i actually don't think i'll be hanging up my dancing shoes anytime soon.

we might be two hundred years on from the days of war and peace but there is still goals being held both here and the broads you can imagine even the test of a stove like to attend. the russian dawns tradition is alive and thriving my think. is to tolstoy would have been. deadly rivals the decades. if you had fifteen thousand people killing each other in any other country there would be diplomats there would be mediators. self-imposed out costs from society i will cut myself chemical attack my brother

understand my contact immediately i am going to leave basically attack the cause of my anger and my frustration. that upgraded well into the ten dollars. to the most violent gangs in the us history. is just all model killing joke with colors matching the national flag. but this country uses violence when it reaches its and then it legitimizes the violence they are made in america on the ati.

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